Over the last few days, we at Charterhouse have been listening to the UK government guidelines on COVID-19, as no doubt have all of you.
These are trying and difficult times, the most difficult since long before Charterhouse was established at the end of the last century. There are measures we could offer – online auctions, timed auctions, so called no-contact valuations, but anything we offer will increase the movement of lots and thus contact between people. If you are selling something or if you are buying something through us, if we are clearing your house or carrying out a valuation, it will involve human contact in some form or other, whether by post or delivery, which is exactly what we have all been told to avoid.
It is with regret we feel we have to temporarily close, in order to comply with the government guidelines. The most important thing is the preservation of life.
We realise this means we will not be offering you the usual high standard of customer service that we strive to deliver. I apologise for this. Please bear with us, we feel this is a measure that we must do to save the lives of our staff, our clients, and many more besides.
We have a lot of exciting work ready to go the moment that the government says it is safe to do so. The year ahead will be good, once this is over. We have a great antique auction, lotted and ready, we have a classic car auction, catalogued and ready, and we have possibly our most exciting motorcycle auction to date, also catalogued and ready. These will all take place within a few days of the government lifting their current guidelines to stay at home. If you feel you would like to include items in these auctions, please email us with images at ab@charterhouse-auction.com, and we will help. We will find it encouraging to know you have not forgotten about us, as we are raring to get back to work as soon as we safely can. Indeed you are free to contact us about anything by email, and we will reply as soon as we can, but please be aware this will take longer than normal.
Please stay safe, and stay well, and be assured of our very best wishes. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.
Richard and Abigail Bromell, and all of the staff at Charterhouse.
The Charterhouse two day April auction, ending at 1pm on April 3rd, is now online only. “We decided the responsible thing to do was to go exclusively online – before the pandemic 80% of our sales were online, so this will not be a huge change, although we will all miss the bacon rolls in the saleroom” said Abigail Bromell.
A 1965 Daimler V8 250 estimated at £18,000-20,000, which has had a vast sum spent on restoration recently, is included in the Charterhouse auction of classic and vintage cars, ending on April 9th @ 12 noon.
An oil painting by world famous artist David Shepherd, which was won in a raffle in 1978, is estimated to sell for £10,000-15,000 in the Charterhouse two day April auction.
A collection of David Hockney related art and ephemera are going under the Charterhouse gavel in their two day April 2nd & 3rd auction in Sherborne.
West Country auctioneers Charterhouse in Sherborne are visiting clients across Cornwall and Devon from Monday 9th to Wednesday 11th March advising on classic & vintage cars and motorcycles.
A 1960’s plastic, doll and her playmate, are expected to sell for over £1,000 in the Charterhouse two day March 5th & 6th collector’s auction.
A 64 year old Land Rover sold for just over £17,000 at the Charterhouse auction of classic and vintage cars on Sunday 9th February.
A double gallantry group of Great War medals are expected to sell for thousands of pounds at the Charterhouse March collector’s auction.
A Dinky model of a Pickfords removal van, bought for just £4 from a charity shop, is estimated to sell for £2,000 at the Charterhouse collector’s auction in Sherborne.